Late Contribution
Incumbent Gilberto Gil reported a $1,000 donation from the National Staff Assault Task Force on Nov. 2.
That specific group didn't come up on a Google search, but an organization called the California Staff Assault Task Force was listed on a Web site that listed nonprofits. That group was listed with the same address as the organization listed on Gil's report.
Gil is a California parole officer, and the California Staff Assault Task Force describes itself as a nonprofit that sues prison inmates on behalf of guards who are assaulted. The organization's mascot is a hardcore-looking bull wielding a gavel.
Gil has also filed an amended financial disclosure showing contributions received between Sept. 23 and Oct. 20. A $5,000 campaign donation now shows its source as being from the Redlands Police Officers Association, when the money was previously reported as being from the Redlands City Federal Employees Credit Union. The check was written from the police union's account at the credit union.
The amended report shows that the POA gave Gil $5,150 during the recent reporting period, which is a crazy amount of money.